Dargal Road, Queensland
Dargal Road is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Dargal Road had a population of 198 people.
Geography
The locality is bounded to the south by the Warrego Highway and Western railway line, by Bungeworgorai Creek to the west, and by Richardson Lane to the east.The locality presumably takes its name from the road of the same name which traverses the locality from the north-east to the north-west.
The land use is mostly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing and some rural residential housing.
History
Wangary Provisional School opened circa 1898 operating as a half-time provisional school in conjunction with Mount Beagle Provisional School. In 1902, it became a full-time provisional school. On 1 January 1909, it became Wangary State School. In 1910, tenders were called for a new school building. It closed in 1930. The school was at 709 Bungeworgorai Lane.The locality was served by the Bungeworgorai railway station on the Western railway line, now abandoned.
The former Injune railway line passed through the locality which was served by the Ona Ona railway station in the north-eastern corner of the locality. It was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 29 April 1915, using an Aboriginal word meaning ''boxtree flat.''
Demographics
In the, Dargal Road had a population of 152 people.In the, Dargal Road had a population of 198 people.